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Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492042
ISBN
9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.07
€ 63.83

Paperback. This volume presents the history of Pompeii. It explores Pompeii's public buildings, its streets and gathering places, the impact of religious changes, the renovation of theatres and expansion of athletic facilities and the influence of elite families on the city's appearance. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 286 pages, 113 line illustrations, 15 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674689671
ISBN
9780674689671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Hardback. Through stories of a dozen white adopters, adopted Indian children, and their biological parents in early America, Dawn Peterson shows the role adoption and assimilation played in efforts to subdue Native peoples. As adults, adoptees used their education to thwart U.S. claims to their homelands, setting the stage for the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Num Pages: 346 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737556
ISBN
9780674737556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.18

Hardback. Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state's racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967625
ISBN
9780674967625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.62
€ 50.03

Hardback. Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970588
ISBN
9780674970588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970649
ISBN
9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975354
ISBN
9780674975354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. Combines passages from Islamic texts with a commentary of the author. This book enables the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000404
ISBN
9780691000404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.48

Paperback. Includes essays that advance our understanding of the causes of ethnic and communal conflict, the regional and international implications of such conflicts, and what the international community can do to minimize the potential for instability and violence. This volume is intended for scholars, students, and policymakers alike. Editor(s): Brown, Michael E. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 9. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing, Highlighting
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000688
ISBN
9780691000688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.71

Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001753
ISBN
9780691001753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05
€ 44.97

Hardcover. Presents an analysis of the social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the holders of political power stem. This book focuses on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba'th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'etat of 1963, and the era of ivfiz al-Asad. Num Pages: 432 pages, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002545
ISBN
9780691002545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.56
€ 97.24

Paperback. Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. This book demonstrates that these conceptions reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 map, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFD; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004877
ISBN
9780691004877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. In towns like Amigo, Red Jacket, Helen, Odd, Viper, Decoy, and Twilight, men and women track a dense social imaginary through stories of traumas, apparitions, encounters, and eccentricities. This book explores how this storytelling imbues everyday life in the hills and forms a cultural poetics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011035
ISBN
9780691011035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Editor(s): Foley, Helene P. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014791
ISBN
9780691014791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.14

Paperback. The wave of ethnic conflict has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious. This work argues that ethnic conflict is not caused directly by intergroup differences or centuries-old feuds. The contributors include Timur Kuran, Stuart Hill, Donald Rothchild, Colin Cameron, Will H Moore, and others. Editor(s): Lake, David A.; Rothchild, Donald S. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 line illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBW; JFSL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016900
ISBN
9780691016900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.94

Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016924
ISBN
9780691016924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. Offers a history of the Bollingen Foundation that confirms its pervasive influence on American intellectual life. This title includes portraits of the central figures, including the Mellons, Jung himself, Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell, D T Suzuki, Natacha Rambova, Vladimir Nabokov, Gershom Scholem, Herbert Read, and Kurt and Helen Wolff. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018850
ISBN
9780691018850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.14

Paperback. A collection of essays, which examine 19th-and early 20th-century debate among British scholars on the viability and desirability of the multinational state, the American "nation-building" school of thought that dominated the literature on political development in the post-World War II era, and the explosion of literature on ethnonationalism. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025636
ISBN
9780691025636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.46

Paperback. Focusing on the political life of the sha'b in Cairo, this book shows how men and women develop creative and effective strategies to accomplish shared goals, despite the dominant forces ranged against them. It examines communal patterns of allocation, distribution, and decision-making. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 halftones 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025681
ISBN
9780691025681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.63

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